RLSA-2025:20559

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:20559
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:20559.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2025:20559
Upstream
Published
2025-11-21T18:13:56.702188Z
Modified
2025-11-21T18:48:02.334866Z
Severity
  • 3.6 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Low: shadow-utils security update
Details

The shadow-utils packages include programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, as well as utilities for managing user and group accounts.

Security Fix(es):

  • shadow-utils: Default subordinate ID configuration in /etc/login.defs could lead to compromise (CVE-2024-56433)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / shadow-utils

Package

Name
shadow-utils
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/shadow-utils?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:4.9-15.el9
Database specific
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